California Arbor Week Contests Highlight the Importance of Trees Sacramento, Calif. – Two statewide contests are being held to celebrate California Arbor Week, March 7-14, a statewide celebration of trees. These contests are designed to increase awareness of and...
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California ReLeaf Honored as 2013 Top-Rated Nonprofit
by California ReLeaf | Nov 1, 2013 | Press
CALIFORNIA RELEAF HONORED AS 2013 TOP-RATED NONPROFIT New GreatNonprofits.org Award is Based on Positive Online Reviews Sacramento, California, November 1, 2013 – California ReLeaf announced today that it has been honored with a prestigious 2013 Top-Rated Award...
A New Era for EEMP
by California ReLeaf | Sep 26, 2013 | Advocacy, Grants, Press, Updates
California’s popular Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program (EEMP) was funded at $7 million in the 2013-14 State Budget through legislation signed by Governor Jerry Brown today. This is the only statewide local assistance funding for urban forestry for this...
Urban Forestry Project Awards Announced
by California ReLeaf | Jul 24, 2013 | Grants, Press
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chuck Mills (916) 497-0035 URBAN FORESTRY PROJECT AWARDS ANNOUNCED Sacramento, CA, July 24, 2013 – California ReLeaf announced today that community groups across the state will receive $34,000 in...
Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program Releases Updated Draft Guidelines
by California ReLeaf | Jul 10, 2013 | Grants, Press, Updates
The Strategic Growth Council has released draft guidelines for the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Incentives Program, which offers grants to cities, counties, and designated regional agencies to promote sustainable community planning and natural resource...
Congratulations, Kemba Shakur!
by California ReLeaf | May 10, 2013 | Network, Press, Updates
SF Launches Sidewalk Garden Project
by California ReLeaf | May 2, 2013 | Network, Press
Project Aims to Reduce Stormwater Impacts and Beautify Neighborhoods WHO: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, local non-profit organization Friends of the Urban Forest, community volunteers, with participation by District 5 Supervisor London Breed’s...
California City Receives National Grant Funds
by California ReLeaf | May 2, 2013 | Grants, Press, Updates
Bank of America Partners With American Forests: $250,000 Grant to Fund Assessment of Urban Forests and Climate Change in Five U.S. Cities Washington, D.C.; May 1, 2013 — National conservation organization American Forests announced today that it has received a...
ReLeaf Network Member Receives Highest Honor
by California ReLeaf | Apr 30, 2013 | Network, Press, Research, Updates
This past weekend, Kemba Shakur, Executive Director at Urban Releaf, received the J. Sterling Morgan Award, the highest honor given by the Arbor Day Foundation. Shakur works daily with low-income communities to plant trees, mentor young people and build...
Congresswoman Matsui Introduces TREES Act
by California ReLeaf | Apr 29, 2013 | Advocacy, Press, Research, Updates
Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) celebrated Arbor Day by introducing The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act, otherwise known as TREES Act. This legislation would establish a grant program to assist electric utilities with energy conservation programs that...